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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26
Vegetable Clothing.

About two hundred years ago the
Governor of the Island of Jamaica, Sir
Thomas Lynch. sent to King Charles
III. of England, a vegetable necktle,
and a very good necktie 1t was,
although it had growDlon.atree and had
not been altered since it was taken
from the tree
A gentleman who witnessed two ma
tiyes manufacturing this lace, thus de-
scribes it. A tree about twenty feet
high and six inches in diameter, with a.
bark looking much like that of birch
tree. was cut down. Three strips of
bark, each about six inches wide and
eight feet long, were taken from the
trunk and thrown into a stream of
water. Then each man took strip
while it was still in the water, and
with the point of his knife separated a
thin layer of the inner bark from one
end of the strip. This layer was then
taken in the fingers and gently pulled,
whereupon 1t came away in an even
sheet of the entire width and length Of
the strip of bark. Twelve sheets were
thus taken from each strip of bark,
and thrown into the water.
The men were not through yet, how
ever, for when each strip of bark had
yielded its twelve sheets, each sheet
was taken from the water and gradu-
ally stretched sidewise. The spectator
could hardly believe his eyes. The
sheet broadened and broadened until
from a close piece of material six
inches wide, it became flmy cloud OF
delicate lace, over three feet i'll width.
The astonished gentleman was forced
to confess that no human-made loom
ever turned out lace which could sur
pass in snowy whiteness and gossamer-
like dellcacy that product of nature.
The natural lace is not so regular In
formation as the material called illu-
sion, so much worn by ladies in sum-
mer; but it IS soft and white, and will
bear washing, which is not true of
Illusion. In Jamaica and Central
America, among the poorer people it
supplies. the place OF manufactured
cloth, which they can not afford to
buy; and the wealthier classes do not
by any means scorn it for ornamental
use. The tree is commonly called the
lace-bark tree. Its botanical name is
Llqetto lintearld.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26
Unpretentious.

President Lincoln would have been
very fond of Mark Tapley, that hero
of Dickens who was always jolly under
difficulties" There was nothing pre-
tentious about the President, and he
easily adapted himself TO circumstan-
ces. Just before the close of the war
he ran away from politicians and Office
seekers of Washington, went down 10
City Point in the steamer River q leen,
and invited himself to stay with Adml-
raj Porter on board the flagship NAL
vern. She was a vessel with poor ac-
commodatlons, but the President was
content to occupy small stateroom,
six feet long by four and half wide.
ard would not accept the Admiral's
larger loom. When he retired for the
frst night on board, he put his shoes
and socks outside of his statero0m
door. The socks had holes in them.
but they were washed and darned by
the ships tailor, and placed, with his
clean shoes, at his door.
"A miracle happened to me last
night" said the President at the break
fast table. "'When l went to bed l
had two large holes in my socks, and
this morning there are no holes In
them. That never happened to me
before, it must be miracle"
How did you sleep, Mr.. President?"
asked the Admiral.
~ slept well," he answered, but
you can't push a long blade into a
short scabbard. was too long for
that berth.''
The President was six feet four in
ches in height. and the berth was only
six feet long.
That day, while the President was
away from the ship, the carpenters en-
larged the stateroom, heightened the
birth and make over the mattress 10 lit
it. Nothing was said about the change
to the President. The next morning
he came out smiling.
"A greater miracle than ever hap
pened last night" said he. 81 shrank
six inches in length and about foot
sideways. / got somebody else's big
pillow and slept in better bed than L
did on the River Queen, though not
half so lively.
sI think" adds Admiral Porter, who
tells the story, "that IL l mad given
him two fence-rails TO sleep on, he
would not have found fault. That was
Abraham Lincoln in all things relating
to his own comfort. He would never
permit people to put themselves out
for him under any circumstances.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26

see tall figure near tho window, half
hidden by the curtain folds, as she
sobbed out her story.
"And Alfred will never forgive me. :"
she said In conclusion. 81 saw it In
his face"
''Do you deserve that he shouldP"
Aunt Mary asked. still holding the girl
close in her arms.
'sNo. ought never to have allowed
the count to pay so much attention.
But it was mere Irritation. auntie. He
cares nothing for me, though Wheaton
is golden prize; and never gave him
thought, even of friendship. And l
had tried to be good had, Indeedl
meant to go back to Morton and help
Alfred in every good work. meant to
use my money for charity, for useful
aims only, and it is only my silly head
that had drawn me- into these last few
weeks of frivolity and foolishness.
You love Alfred. then?"
''Loye Alfredl Aunt Mary, do you
suppose l would have promised to
marry HIM If had not loved him?"
but when the count asked If you
loved him, you only said you were be-
-trothed."
do you suppose I would even men
tion Alfred to him?" Nettle asked ln-
dignantly.
"Then if Alfred would forgive you,
you would be quite happy?"
If he really forgave me. knowing all
my folly, and my sincere penltence.
Oh! auntie, TO lose him now would
drive me away from all hoped to be.
/ could not 60 back to Wheaton and
work as had promised myself to work,
if he turned coldly from me. need his
counsel, his protection; auntie, l need
his love-"
The tall figure came from the shadow
Of the window curtains, aud in the eyes
of the Rev. Alfred Martin there was
mist of tears as he bent over Aunt
Mary's chair and took Nettie's hand.
SIT was tearing my heart from my
bosom TO give you up, Nettie," he said
as she sprang up with cry of joyous
surprise; "bat you must make your
choice now, darling. l cannot take
my wife from such scene as that j
witnessed tonight"
81 am all yours if you forgive me,
she said, humbly. 1--WE will go back
to Morton to morrow, if you wish"
Aunt Mary discreetly left the loom,
but returning very soon found Nettie
alone, fearful but happy, sure of for
giveness. and very sure would never
again trifie with hearts just for amuse-
ment.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26
Queer Ideas of Female Adjournment

In the land OF the great Mixado it is
the fashion with certain ladies of So
clety to gid their teeth, while in some
parts of the Indies red paint is consld-
cred the mast approved mental adorn-
ment. In "Greenland's icy noun
tains,n blue and yellow color is
thought to enhance the beauty of the
female face. Persian ladies regard red
hair with adherence, while the Turks
look upon it with the greatest favor.
Small round eyes are among the
types Of female beauty in China, and
the girls pluck their eyebrows that they
may be thin and long. The tiny
cramped feet of the Chinese maiden
are too well known. In Turkey, fe-
male eyebrows painted in black auil
gold are as much a u mode as rose
c)l9red finger nails.
In Peru ornaments for the nose are
quite the fashion for ladies', and the
weight and thickness of the nasal ring
grows in proportion TO the rank of the
wearer. In some cases a number of
gold rings are thus worn, much to
the discomfort OF their owner. The
wearing OF earrings Is fashion among
ladies much nearer home than the land
of the fair Peruvians.
y huge figure of a bird made of
copper or of gold, according t. the
fortune of the wearer, was a common
head-dress of the Chinese maidens half
a century ago. The wings of the bird
were spread out, and the tail, long and
open. formed 4 beautiful TUT Of
feathers. The mechanical bird was,
in some cases, so contrived by the
means of springs and apparatus as TO
Gutter and tremble at the slightest mo-
ton.
Among one of the African tribes the
ladies used to carry on their heads a
slight board foot long and half foot
wide, with which they covered their
long hair, sealing it down with wax
This head gear was fixture, and the
wearers could not lie down nor lean
without keeping their necks straight.
About twice year the wax is melted
and the hair re-arranged to suit ''thel
manners and customs of good society,"
in those parts.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26

The number of immigrants vino
arrived in this country last November,
was 81 500. while In November 1885 it
was only 2O,070.
HUsBAND-"Ihe hear that young SImp-
son who went west last summer has
been shot"
Wife-"Was he shot in bad placer"
Husband-"Yes, he was shct in
Chicago"
IL seems that Lieutenant Greely ho
lieves in the theory that there is au
open sea, some 10 miles in diameter.
round about the Pole that never
freezes, the conjecture being that the
Pole itself is the centre of an ice-capped
land covered with ice from 1000 to 4O0p
feet thick.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26

or table top, or even a wall, though
y is advisable that it should be on papel
OF parchment. You may write it ant
sign your name in pencil if you like
but it /, better to do it In ink.
You may make your will in Choctaw,
If you happen to understand that Ian
guage, or it may, as Hamlet says, ''be
writ in the choicest Italian;" you may
write it In shorthand, or in abbrevia,
tions, or in cipher, so long as you leave
the key behind you. Courts ara moi
martinets as to the spelling, and if your
orthography is not perfectly ultra, they
Will not mind 1t If they can make it out
If you wish to drop into poetry, even
that is permitted, as the following case
of valid win shows:
give and bequeath,
When I'm laid underneath,
To my two loving sisters most dear,
The whole of my store,
Were IL twice as much more,
Which Gods goodness has granted to me.
And that none may prevent
This my will and intent,
Or occasion the least of law racket,
With a solemn appeal,
confirm sign AMI seal,
This, the true act and deed of VIII Jacket.
You may sign your will by your
initials, and if your hand is unsteady,
you may get some one to guide it. You
must have at least two witnesses, and
though you may not actually see the
witnesses sign their names you must be
in such a position that you could do SC
If you felt so disposed" as Mrs. Camp
might remark. That was Judge Rogers
ruling in the Storey will case, and it is
good law.
If you are going to leave anything to
me don't ask me to be witness, for,
although could be good witness. my
legacy would be void. John Bowler
was an eminent lawyer in Philadelphia
some years ago, and the author of sew
eral law books. A lady left him very
handsome beQuest in her will, which he
Ii pself drew and witnessed. There
was no doubt about the intention of the
lady, but Bouyier failed to get his
legacy.
Having signed and sealed your will
you can revoke it by destroying it, but
not by simply running the pen through
name or through the lines, but you can
revoke it by subsequent Will properly
executed. Marriage also revokes a
will.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26

The truth cannot be burned, behead-
ed or crucifled. A lie on a throne is a
lie still, and truth In dungeon is a
truth still; and a lie on the throne is on
the way to defeat, and truth in the
dungeon is on the way to victory.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-01-26

Let your actions follow the guidance
of vour Judgment, and if between them
both Won 90 down the Falls of Niagara,
sol 1t is the only course worthy of a
man.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Death of the Oldest Railroad Engineer in
the United States.

MASON CITY, Iowa, May l2.-The funeral
OF the late j. w. Thompson, the oldest loco
motive engineer Of the United States, oc-
Cured to-day at the family residence and was
attended by a large delegation OF railroad
men from abroad. The floral tributes were
costly and bea utiful, the principal one being
a bed of Marchal Neil roses bordercd with
smilax AMI hung with rich satin ribbon, the
gift Of Superintendent Graves, OF the Iowa
and Minnesota division. Among those pres
ent were Sr.c. intendent j. b. Moll and As
sistant j. b. Cable, of the Iowa and Dakota
division; j. s. Anderson, Wm. Ripley, ID. Me-
Fadden, Chas. Coles, 4. and b. NJ. Lewis.
The funeral ceremonies were performed by
Rev. l.. A. Hall, Of the First Baptist church,
and were very affecting. The deceased was
born in New Harris, O., January q, 1881, and
for thirty-five years followed the profession
Of locomotive engineer. He came to Mason
City in 1869 with the inception Of the railroad
here, and ran the construction train vile the
Chicago, Milwaukee and ST. Paul was being
built westward from this point. On the com
pletion OF the Austin branch he ran the first
train over that line and remained passenger
engineer on this branch until taken with his
fatal illness.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

french wine experts, who have been
sampling a lot of average California
wines received in Paris, assert that
they will fully compete with the Petit
Bordeaux wines sold in Paris at a very
high price. This is a good word for
California wines; but, of course, just
as a lively trade springs up the protec-
honorary French government will levy
a prohibitory duty on all American
wines.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

The Geographic dispatches from
Arizona during the last week have
been crowded with reports of vol
canoes newly burst forth in the noun
tains. In spite Of the horritying de-
tails which are given, II is reasonably
certain that q resident of Arizona,
when laboring under excitemen
doesn't know a volcanic eruption from
a peaceful sunset.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

The Irish are leaving ireland at the
rate of four or five thousand a week for
his country, and they are vigorous men
and women from the agricultural dis
tricts, who see in the minatory attitade
of the Tory government in London
only disaster for themsely es if they re-
main n their own country. The jubi-
lee year Of Queen Victoria will prob
ably be blackened by one of the worst
Legislative crimes in English annals.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

Gen. Rosser, late of the &. S. A., re-
ferred to Gen. Sheridan as q barbar-
Gus commander. and Gen. Sharidan
now has something to say about the
appropriateness of Rosser using a
pumpkin vine for a plume on account
of its running qualities. Twenty-Five
or three years ago Sheridan whaled
Rosser in the Shenandoah Valley, and
Rosser can't get over II.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

The king of Corea is scared out +
his wits by wrangling of factions and
the threat of armed revolution, and he
has minated the course of the ear OF
Russia by building a heavily fortified
palace at some distance from Seoul,
his capital, where he will conceal him.
self until the storm is abated. A cy-
clone cellar is getting to be a regular
.appendage Of monarchy in the old
world.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
The Poor Benighted Heathen.

Chinese child Tin China)-Mamma.
what are the people driving that
stranger out of the village for?
Chinese mamma-He comes from n
country called America, and he is "a
missionary, that means he is a teacher.
''But what has he donep"
Nothing yet, but tho people know
by letters received from their friends
who have gone to America that the in
habitants of that country beat and rob
and murder strangers and also each
other"
MAYBE that's why that man came
here"
mo, he came here to teach us bad
things that would make us like Ameri-
cans" Omaha World.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

Miss Rose Cleveland has gone back
to her first love. She is a school
marin once more, having acsepted the
position of first assistant to the princi-
pal of a leading school for young
ladies IN New York city. She is
thoroughly convinced, after her rough
voyage on the sea of journalism, that
the rod is mightier than the pen.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
THE DISTURBANCES IN PARIS

1t is not likely that anything serious
will come of the incipient riotIng in
Paris relative to the production Of a
German opera, but the circumstances
bring into strong relief the peculiari-
ties of a portion Of the Parisians, and
furnish the government fresh proof of
the dangers with which it is surround
ed. Although the statement that
.'Paris is France" is only too true in
the matter of public opinion, when it
ONE to fighting battles, enduring
long campaigns and upholding the
national honor, Paris is not France by
a good deal. The rattlebrained mob
which is now vigorously marching on
Berlin, repeeming Alsace and Lorraine
and wreaking vengeance upon Ger
many, in it's mind, is not made
up of the soldiers who will
do these things, If they are
done at all. 1t cannot be truth
fully said that these demonstrations are
fairly representative of Paris. They
are characteristic of a section of Paris,
and a section only. Because it is a
noisy, reckless and at times desperate
section, it sometimes gains an ascend
eucy which would seem to argue that
it embraced the majority of the popu-
~lation, but it does not and never has.
If this mob caGses Germans to frown
and to fear a renewal of strife, it is to
be remembered that it also causes
Frenchmen of the soberer sort quite as
much alarm. In dealing with it mod
erately the authorities are taking the
best course. Its passion being a patri-
otto one, it will o expend itself with
out much damage to anybody.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
ELECTRICAL TYPEWRITER.
An Invention by a Philadelphia Which
VIII Revolutionize Telegraphy.


James F. Mclaughlin, a young cleo
trician to Philadelphia, claims that he
has succeeded in perfecting an ~electri-
cal typewriter which will be the most
formidable rival that has rs yet arisen
against the Bell Telephone company,
as well as against the entire system of
modern ~telegraphy. The machine, us
it stands now, is not unlike the ordin-
airy typewriter, except the roller on
which the paper is carried. This
moves automatically, and when
the end,of a line is reached it flies back
and turns "a notch, ready to begin
anew. The keyboard differs slightly
from that of the mechanical typewriter.
The alphabet, instead of being in banks,
is in two rows and on ivory squares
instead of glass disks. Each key is
worked from an independent armature,
SO that whether the operator strike the
keyboard with great force, or touch
it ever so lightly, the impression on
the paper is precisely similar liz each
case. An ordinary battery such as is
used on a Morse wire supplies the
electrical energy. The utility of
young McLaughlin's invention and the
claim that it will seriously affect the
business of the telephone on short cir
cults, and ruin it altogether in long
ones. lie in the fact that each message
sent is duplicated in the Office of the
sender; that the same message can be
sent to Il dozen or Il score of places at
the same time; that absolute secrecy is
secured, and that when not in use
electrically the wire can be discon-
nected and the machine used mechanic
ally as long as desil ed.
AS a rival of the Morse telegraph the
inventor claims that it has numerous
advantages. A skilled operator is not
required. Any person of ordinary in
telligence and a pair of hands can send q
message. The depression of each key
causes an electric impulse TO travel the
wire from sender to receiver. Only one
impulse is required for each character,
instead of several impulses required to
Plo''tSS dotS' daSlcs anu spaces IN tne
Morse system. Herein lies the impossi-
bility of tapping II wire, because
even if the wire were cut between two
points nothing would be received but a
single unmcaning click for each time
the keyboard was depressed, whereas
IN the Morse system each click would
represent part of a character. The
sy~nchronism is perfect. BY no posi-
bllity ear there be an error in trans
mission. On the score Of rapiditv il
beats the ordinary telegraphic message
nj of sight.
An ordinarily rapid operator in a tele
graph office al receive on an aver
age at the rate of thirty words a min
ute. An ordinarily rapid girl accus-
toned to a type-writing machine can
write on an average of sixty to sixty
five words a minute, and if she makes
an error of substance, or Of construct
ton, or in spelling, it is recorded. 1t
is not even necessary that the person
for whom the message is intended
should be present while it is coming
over the wire, as the machine used as
a receiver works automatically, and
when the paper runs out notifies the
sender by ringing a bell to cease opera
tions.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

The iowa Central Railway company
has done an excellent thing for the
jobbers in taking the lead in the reduc-
ton OF freight rates. The trunk lines
are aot disposed to meet the Central's
rates, but perhaps a little pressure
brought to bear judiciously upon the
trunk lines may have a good effect.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21
If You'd Please.

Boston Journal of Education: The
best way to please n mar is to tell him
what he thinks himself. The best way
to please n woman is to al her what
she thinks of herself.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

Geo. Francis Train has taken to
~prophesying, and starts in by booming
President Cleveland, who, he says,
..will die in ninety days" and blaine
will soon follow him.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

Mr.. F. +. Hush, Adrian, N. Y, says:
''My father was very lame with rheu-
matism. Now after using St. Jacobs
Oil he is nc lamer than [ am. He is
cured" Price so cents.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

For weak lungs, splitting of blood, weak
stomach, night sweats, and the early stages
of Consumption, Colder Medical Discovery"
is specific. BY druggists.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-21

A southern paper nominates lion
Robert Il. Lincoln for president in
1888.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-06-14

CUPREME COURT In BANK.
- ruplcy. In the matter of Jacob
Lyons q bankrupt.
Or Ter on petition of Bankrupt for dis.
charge ftom debts.
Before the Hon. Edward Preston.
UIOn reading and filing the petition
of Jacob Lyons, alleging that six
months have eltrsed since he was adju-
dictated II bankrupt and praying for a
discharge from all his debts il is OF d r, d
that Friday the seventeenth day of June
instant at 10 O'clock In The fo,eno N of
that day at my Chambers Alliolani
Honolulu be and the .ame Is hereby
appointed for II hearing up' said p, IT,
ton, when and where all cr ditOrs who
have proved their claims ag inst said
bankrupt, may appear and show cause.
If any they have. why the prayer I such
bank upt, should not be granted, and it
is further ordered that notice be given
by advertisement in the DAILY BuLLE.
TIN newspaper printed and published
in Honolulu two weeks of the time
and place Of such hearii z. nnd that the
Clerk of the Supreme Court. mail notices
of the time ana place of such hearing TO
all creditors who have proved their
debts.
Witness my hand this second day Of
June 1sS7.
EDWARD PRESTON,
Justice Supreme Court.
AtfestJ. H. REST.
I'd Deputy Cleik. 80 let